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In Topic: Let's talk about Tanith Lee, then.
Today, 02:53 AM
Just started Night's Master tonight. Too early to tell about similarities and it's been too long for me since I last read The Sandman comic books to recognize downright plagiarism on Gaiman's part.
But I should be able to at least recognize overly familiar themes/characters/events.
QT, I get what your saying and perhaps just crediting Lee would have been enough for her. But if she truly felt that way about Gaiman and if the man went as far as copying entire paragraphs, I still have no idea why she wouldn't demand retribution. Given that The Sandman made Gaiman a millionaire back then (and more since) and that the Flat Earth books seemed to have been midlist at best, I'm not sure there is a literary agent in the market that wouldn't have asked Lee to take him to court. Perhaps it happened and she refused? We'll probably never know.
As far as the book is concerned, it's very early yet, but I can tell you that it's otherworldly and lyrical. The prose reminds me a bit of Jacqueline Carey's in the Kushiel novels. -
In Topic: Let's talk about Tanith Lee, then.
Yesterday, 04:03 PM
As the editor of most of Tanith Lee's works, I figure she would also have to be bound by such an NDA. Especially since her company would benefit from such a disclosure if people began to buy Lee's books in bulk. -
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In Topic: Let's talk about Tanith Lee, then.
18 January 2025 - 02:32 PM
If there was an NDA, Betsy wouldn't be talking about it on Facebook every day since this came out a few days back. . . -
In Topic: Let's talk about Tanith Lee, then.
18 January 2025 - 04:20 AM
They would have sued DC, not Warner. But such a case would never have made it to court in any event. Sandman was such a cash cow back then that there's no way they would have allowed such legal proceedings to take place. They would have offered Lee a hefty 6-figure settlement to cover this, followed by Gaiman apologizing for "forgetting" to give credit where credit was due.
The fact that people like us, who've been huge SFF fans for decades, only just heard about this a couple of weeks ago is a bit fishy. Of course, this makes me want to read the books even more. Got my hands on all five of them and planning on giving the first one a shot soon.
Sadly, if the similarities are that flagrant, it would make it even worse now that Lee has passed away and couldn't even at least appreciate the long due recognition.
But with this coming straight out of left field, I'm not sure. I mean, I've been following Betsy Wollheim for nearly twenty years, had lunch with her, and attended the Daw annual dinner at the Worldcon in MTL, you would think that such a conspiracy would have been mentioned at some point. . .
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